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The most important thing to remember is that the war began over free trade capabilities. The north thought they had the almighty power to sanction and tariff southern colonies, who at the time were trading with Europe at more favorable pricing than the north could offer.

It was only after the war began, that Lincoln made the war's premise slavery, with the emancipation proclamation. Only by utilizing his newly implemented paper currency, and the noble cause of eliminating chattel slavery was Lincoln able to get the enlistment necessary to win a war for northern dominance.

Let it be remembered that Lincoln historically stated that if he didn't have to free the slaves, he wouldn't have.

Somehow government approved textbooks don't mention anything about the origins of the war.

Dakota 10mo ago

Each state created a Declaration of Causes of Cessation. Each one mentions slavery explicitly as a reason. Slavery was mentioned 39 times. “Trade” was mentioned twice, one of which in reference to the trading of slaves.

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-states

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Drew F 10mo ago 💬 2

Preceding the civil war:

Tariff of abominations "aka tariff on imported manufactured goods" this helped the north which was an industrial economy failing to compete with Europe for the southern agricultural equipment needs.

This tariff lead to the nullification crisis which challenged the scope of federal government, states rights, and started southern talks of secession

Morril Tarrif act, once again further raised taxes on imports which strengthened northern jobs while hurting southern commodity producers.

The north was being lobbied by industrialists for a traiff system that could only be imposed by a stronger federal government.

My question is the following. if slavery was the real purpose for the war, why was the emancipation proclamation so significant for military strategy 2 years into the fight?

Dakota 10mo ago

If slavery wasn’t the real purpose of the war, why did the southern states say it was in their declarations of secession?

Dakota 10mo ago

The southern states said the war was over slavery. Thoughts?